I'd figure since we're constantly getting new players we should have like a dictionary or reference for all the slang and acronyms used during gameplay. I'll start by listing some, if you people will add on I'll edit the post and add them. And if I happen to be wrong let me know too... 3 Phase - Refers to the (3 Phase Electric) Engine upgrade APC rush - Building a Vehicle Factory at the beginning of the game, constructing an APC from it, getting all players inside it, and then driving off to the enemy base to quickly destroy their barracks and CV before they have defense Arty - Artillery Vehicle Arty Whore - Unsportsmanship use of the artillery Bar - Barracks BE - Refers to the "Brenodi Empire" Team Blitzkrieg - Usually started when both sides decide to APC rush. In a blitzkrieg the bases will move from place to place very quickly. There's no time to build defense because it wouldn't be done before the base would be rushed, so it's better to just set up a new base elsewhere Calculator/Calc - Engineers tool which can be used to heal/repair/build structures or units. Cam - Surveillance camera constructed by engineers to detect near-by enemy infantry Chem - Chemistry Chokepoint - A spot in a map that is often camped, and where battles most often take place. These also are the routes that are most easily defendable Cloaker - Typically used in emp_escort and sometimes in emp_district402; a scout with hide that has or is in the act of sneaking past your defenses to capture the flag unnoticed. Comm – Commander Comm Suicide - A usually malicious act of a commander that consists of intentionally destroying team's own Command Vehicle by driving it off a high cliff, into deep water, etc (e.g. anything that would cause the CV to be destroyed quickly) Coolant - Refers to the Adv. Coolant Engines that can be researched Crash Dumps - Files generated by the game whenever it crashes. These files contain debugging information used by developers to track down bugs responsible for the crash. For more info see this thread. CV - Command Vehicle Death APC - APC with extensive armor, weapons, and (usually) engine upgrades. Decon - Short for "Deconstruct"; an Engineer's ability to un-build and destroy enemy structures with the engineer tool Engy - Engineer Class Engy Tool - Engineers tool which can be used to heal/repair/build structures or units. Fireworks - When commander sets several turrets in one place and an engineer builds them to 99% and finishes them all almost instantly. Usually next to enemy base or strongpoint Gameboy - Engineers tool which can be used to heal/repair/build structures or units. Gren - Grenadier Class Griefer - Someone who intends to ruin the game, usually by destroying the commander vehicle HE Cannons - A popular research upgrade (High Explosive Cannon) Heavies - Heavy tank Lights - Light tank LT - Northern Faction Light Tank LT Rush - Attacking early with many light tanks that have no upgrades or fast upgrades before BE has proper tank research Meds - Medium tanks not med packs MG - Machine Gun Turret ML - Missile Launcher Turret Nade - Grenade Nader - Another term for a grenadier Nadespam - The act of constantly throwing grenades into some chokepoint while picking up new ones from an ammo box in means to prevent the other team from advancing Ninja - The attempt of a player to sneak into the enemy base and destroy key structures (especially the CV) without the enemy noticing before it is too late Ninjaneer- A Ninja Engineer; Usually used when the game is almost one sided; Ninjaneers can turn an entire game around if done correctly, but are sometimes frowned upon because people can't understand that ninjaneers are within game boundries, especially when Ninjaneers are used on them. NF - Refers to the "Northern Faction" Team Paper Tank/Arty/Armor - A vehicle armored with the basic (weak) armor. Also applies to tanks that have one plate of armor on all sides regardless of armor type. Rax - Less used abbreviation for Barracks Ref - Refinery Res - Resources, the "money" for Empires and therefore required to build anything Rev - Revive Rez - Revive, whereas the word is derived from "resurrect" RTFM - Read the fuckin' manual (Popular acronym uttered when a new player asks a question) Sploit - from "exploit"; using a bug to gain unfair advantage over the enemy. Examples include clipping into geometry, falling under the world, getting to places inaccessible by design, etc. Spotting - Use of radio command or scout binoculars to mark enemy units/buildings for the sight of infantry, tanks, and artillery vehicles Stack/Stacked - Referring to when the teams are uneven and there are more players on one team than the other Stalingrad - When one team has almost defeated the other team, but ends up losing because they run out of tickets before the other team, and soon get outnumbered. Suicide - Often the only resort to getting "unstuck," or used to get somewhere else in a hurry; pulling down the console with the tilde (~) key, typing "kill" (without quotes) and pressing enter. The Pub - Light APCs that serve no purpose other than a spawn point Tickets - How many more "lives" the team has to spare Turret Climbing - Rapidly building and trashing turrets as an engineer in means to build a "ladder" in order to get on top of high places. Turret Farming - Act of creating multiple turrets in a localized area. Vanilla Tank/Arty/Armor - Refers to a tank with no upgrades VF - Vehicle Factory Wall - To rush the enemy CV, and build walls around it, therefore trapping it.
NF - Refers to the "Norther Faction" Team BE - Refers to the "Brenodi Empire" Team VF - Veichle Factory CV - Command Veichle Meds - Medium tanks not med packs HE Cannons - A popular ressearch upgrade (High Explosive Cannon) Coolant - Refers to the Adv. Coolant Engines that can be ressearched 3 phase - Refers to the (3 Phase Electric) Engine upgrade Calculator/Calc - Engineers tool which can be used to heal/repair/build structures or units
I've heard the calculator referred to as "engy tool" and "gameboy" too. turret farm - act of creating multiple turrets in a localised area. cam - surveilance camera buildable by engineers to detect near-by enemy infnatry light and heavies - reference to vehicle class spotting - using scout binoculours to mark targets for artillery tickets - how many more "lives" the team has to spare.
Bar- Barracks Chem- Chemistry Gren- Grenadier Rtfm- Read the fuckin' manual (Popular accronym uttered when a new player asks a question) Rax- Less used abreviation for Barracks All I got.
Rax = Barracks. APC rush = Building a Vehicle Factory at the beginning of the game, constructing an APC from it, getting all players inside it, and then driving off to the enemy base to quickly destroy their barracks and CV before they have defense. Blitzkrieg = Usually started when both sides decide to APC rush. In a blitzkrieg the bases will move from place to place very quickly. There's no time to build defense because it wouldn't be done before the base would be rushed, so it's better to just set up a new base elsewhere. Turretclimbing = Rapidly building and trashing turrets as an engineer in means to build a "ladder" in order to get on top of high places. Gren = Grenadier class. Nade = Grenade. Nadespam = The act of constantly throwing grenades into some chokepoint while picking up new ones from an ammo box in means to prevent the other team from advancing. Chokepoint = An area that is often camped, and where battles most often take place. These also are the routes that are most easily defendable. Stalingrad = When one team has almost defeated the other team, but ends up losing because they run out of tickets before the other team, and soon get outnumbered.
I never heard of the "Stalingrad" before... But it does fit extreamly well :D I second that this should be a sticky post...
^Dee^ already mentioned this, but you should add "gameboy" to the list of names of our beloved calculator. Let's not forget M00tants favorite "fireworks": When commander sets several turrets in one place and an engineer builds them to 99% and finishes them all almost instantly. Usually next to enemy base or strongpoint.
Paper armour = The basic armour. It's weak, hence the nickname. Paper tank/arty/other = A vehicle armoured with the basic (weak) armour. Stalingrad = When one team has almost defeated the other team, but ends up losing because they run out of tickets before the other team, and soon get outnumbered. *I repeated the Stalingrad one in case he'd miss it... I edited my earlier post*
Wth is a rax....who is gonna use that instead of barracks?! I thought this was common Empires Jargon, not shit that some crazy chinese dude keeps screaming down his microphone
I saw some people using bar or rax (I don't like the second one). But absolutely no-one is using barracks when you need to do 100 other things in the same second.
Really? I say it all the time :-/ "GET THAT RAX UP, DAMNIT!" "NF rax, D6!" "Arty that rax!" "They're ninja-ing our rax! GOD DAMNIT, THEY'RE NINJA-ING OUR RAX!!!! OH FFS, DOES NO ONE CARE?"
